D1 to be discontinued on December 31, 2012

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2011-12-13 21:47, torhu wrote:
> On 13.12.2011 08:35, Walter Bright wrote:
>> On 12/12/2011 10:26 PM, Jesse Phillips wrote:
>>> On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:57:02 +0000, Jesse Phillips wrote:
>>>
>>>> I haven't used D1 for a long time so I can't claim a bad choice here.
>>>
>>> Actually I think I can state an opinion here. The two things that stand
>>> out in my mind are.
>>>
>>> * There has been a statement of supporting D1 while it is in use (or at
>>> least has a decent number of users). Maybe there aren't any, I don't see
>>> replies claiming such.
>>
>> There don't seem to be many anymore.
>
> I've got one D1 spare time project that I'm still maintaining. Zero D2
> projects, as I tried it and then decided to wait until it has had more
> time to mature.
>
> I'm still using DMD 1.061, since there are very few remaining serious
> compiler bugs. The compiler has gotten pretty good, so the incentive to
> upgrade is not very strong. And I rarely need to ask questions about D1,
> since I've been using it for 5 years now.

It's the same for me. But when I do ask questions everyone is surprised 
that I use D1.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg